Job Alert: Liasion officer for Fairtrade Labelling Organization

[Chandra Kishore]

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations (FLO) International is the leading Fairtrade standard setting and certification body. It regularly inspects and certifies about 508 producer organizations in more than 60 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It permits nearly 1,5 million producers, workers and their dependents in more than 60 developing countries to benefit from labelled Fairtrade.

Liaison Officer Terms of Reference

Profile

FLO International is seeking a dynamic, results oriented development professional with excellent grassroots training skills and motivation to continue working at the grassroots level. The candidate must possess excellent critical thinking and conflict management skills, as well as communication skills suitable for remote team participation. The candidate must also be willing to travel frequently to small farmer organizations and plantations.

Function

To act as the regionally based liaison person between the Producer Services and Relations Unit (PSR)
and FLO certified producers, potential FLO producer partners, and Fairtrade stakeholders in India.
Currently there are three liaison officers in India and the candidate would join the team as the fourth
liaison officer, sharing responsibility with the team.
Core Responsibilities
Providing information, advice and training to producers to improve compliance with Fairtrade standards
Providing information, advice and training to producers to improve their market opportunities.
Providing information to FLO International e.V. about producers in their sphere of activity.
In India, there are plantations which fit the Fairtrade Standards for Hired Labour, whose workers require
training and capacity building. Additionally, there are farmer groups that fit the Fairtrade Standards for
small farmer organizations and for contract production. The specific responsibilities expected of the
Liaison Officer depend on producer type.
Tasks
- Seeking new Suppliers/Products/Origins
- Providing an introduction to producers to Fairtrade.
- Assessing Producer Groups as Businesses
- Support Work following Inspections
- Sourcing and liaising with local external support agencies
- Helping coordinate the Pricing Process.
- Provide information about local networks.
- Provide regular and consistent reports on targeted producer groups
- Represent the PBU in local workshops/conferences as required and agreed.

Check the attached .pdf for details

[Sandeep Malviya]

Plz send me you email id so that I can forward you my updated resume.

Cheer,

Sandeep Malviya